Scientists may have found a planet orbiting two brown dwarfs at a wild 90-degree tilt—something never seen before.

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for a head-on crash with its neighbor, Andromeda. But a new study ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple ...

Hotter temperatures are more effective at evaporating water out of plants and soil, leading to droughts and failed crop ...

Alberta is known for some truly spectacular landscapes, and two places in the province were just named the most beautiful in ...

The Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are currently hurtling through space toward each other at a speed of about ...

This year of all years it promises to be all the more enjoyable: there is no obvious lock for the prize as there was in most ...

What if the solutions to some of Earth's biggest problems could be found in some of its smallest creatures? That bet has led ...

Then two years ago, the group predicted the world would pass that threshold between 2030 and 2035. Now, new data from the ...